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To begin with, an Ilongga named Gina, who was a third-year high school student at the time, said that she was shocked when she found out that she was pregnant. Immediately, she had to drop out of high school to find for a source of income to provide for her family, like washing clothes. Gina…

The Ming and Qing Dynasties had similarities such as social structures and examination systems. Both empires had an upper, middle, and lower level to society. The highest class was composed of the emperor and his family, scholar bureaucrats, and landowners. Below them were peasants, artisans, and merchants, and the last class were slaves, indentured servants,…

For almost four centuries, the Philippines was colonized and occupied by three separate countries on three separate occasions, one after the other. This scale of colonialism has left its mark on Filipino culture, values, and identity in both positive and negative ways. On the positive side, the Spanish and their brought Christianity has ingrained a…

The metrical romance “Florante at Laura” by Francisco Baltazar (1788-1862) is a unique case in the history of Philippine literature and publishing. It holds the distinction of being the only poem published in the country that has not gone out of print since its first publication, has been translated into various local and foreign languages,…

Abstract The interesting mixed use Integrated Resort (IR) development model provides various accommodation experiences, sports and entertainment activities, security as well as a ‘lifestyle living experience’, it also provides the developers and investors a bright opportunity to attract different consumers for its highest return. This paper seeks to identify the blend of macro and micro…

Philippine Contemporary Problems and Issues POVERTY – The state of being extremely poor. – The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. Causes of Poverty 1. Rapid Population Growth As the Philippines has financially limited resources and a high poverty rate, the rapid increase in population has become a problem because there…

Nestle was founded in 1886 by Henri Nestle. It started off with one man’s initiatives to produce infant formula (for infants who are intolerant to their mother’s milk) and grew into a multi-national cooperation worldwide. Nestle has more than 250,000 employees worldwide and factories all around globally. Nestle is more than just the largest food…

Mergers and acquisitions are business deals in which the possession of corporations, another organization, or their working entities are transferred or merged with another unit. It is an agreement involving two or more existing business units to merge into one new business unit. The motive behind mergers and acquisitions are growth and expansion of business,…

Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions * Average Hofstede Dimensions of all counties surveyed Power Distance Index (PDI) that is the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations and institutions (like the family) accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. This represents inequality (more versus less), but defined from below, not from above. It…

As heavy downpour, record heat waves and extreme cold waves escalated in the nation over in 2019, the year filled in as another token of how India is one of the nations that are the most defenceless against the effect of environmental change. The year 2019 saw and record extreme climate instances activated by environmental change…